Take Down Loudoun County Confederate Statue

Take Down Loudoun County Confederate Statue

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June 9, 2020
Signatures: 6,569Next Goal: 7,500
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Started by Jessica Monte

In the words of Michael J. McAfee, curator of history at the West Point Museum, said "There are no monuments that mention the name Benedict Arnold. What does this have to do with the Southern monuments honoring the political and military leaders of the Confederacy? They, like Arnold, were traitors. They turned their backs on their nation, their oaths, and the sacrifices of their ancestors in the War for Independence. ... They attempted to destroy their nation to defend chattel slavery and from a sense that as white men they were innately superior to all other races. They fought for white racial supremacy. That is why monuments glorifying them and their cause should be removed. Leave monuments marking their participation on the battlefields of the war, but tear down those that only commemorate the intolerance, violence, and hate that inspired their attempt to destroy the American nation."

The Loudoun County Confederate statue is placed in front of the Loudoun County Courthouse, which is the seat of our county's government. A Confederate statue is a symbol of racial intolerance and injustice. Loudoun County citizens should move to take the statue down because it is not representative of our current democratic government that values the equality of all people irregardless of their skin color.

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